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J'étais triste et pensif quand je t'ai rencontrée, Je sens moins aujourd'hui mon obstiné tourment; Ô dis-moi, serais-tu la femme inespérée, Et le rêve idéal poursuivi vainement? Ô, passante aux doux yeux, serais-tu donc l'amie Qui rendrait le bonheur au poète isolé, Et vas-tu rayonner sur mon âme affermie, Comme le ciel natal sur un coeur d'exilé? Ta tristesse sauvage, à la mienne pareille, Aime à voir le soleil décliner sur la mer! Devant l'immensité ton extase s'éveille, Et le charme des soirs à ta belle âme est cher; Une mystérieuse et douce sympathie Déjà m'enchaîne à toi comme un vivant lien, Et mon âme frémit, par l'amour envahie, Et mon coeur te chérit sans te connaître bien!
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Rencontre", op. 21 no. 1 (1878), published 1880, first performed 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poëme d'un jour, no. 1, Éd. Durand & Fils [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Trobada", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Meeting", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "Encuentro", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 118
Yo estaba triste y pensativo cuando te encontré; Hoy siento menos mi obstinado tormento. Dime, ¿serás tú la mujer inesperada, Y el sueño ideal vanamente perseguido? Oh, tu que pasas, de dulces ojos, ¿serás la amiga Que devolverá la dicha al poeta solitario, Y vas a resplandecer en mi alma confortada, Como el cielo natal sobre un corazón de exiliado? Tu salvaje tristeza, parecida a la mía, Ama mirar el sol que declina en el mar, Ante la inmensidad despierta tu éxtasis Y el encanto nocturno es caro a tu alma, Una simpatía suave y misteriosa Ya me encadena a tí como un viviente lazo Y mi alma tiembla, por el amor invadida, Y mi corazón te quiere sin conocerte bien.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2007 by Alberto Bonati, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 121